Grant Taylor, a senior outfielder at Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Ore., has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at the University of Portland, announced head coach Chris Sperry. Taylor will join the Pilots as a freshman next fall.

“Grant brings championship experience to the University of Portland,” Sperry said of Taylor, who helped the Lakers win the 2011 Oregon 6A State Football Championship. “He brings toughness and a mental strength to the game that we’re looking forward to and he’s an excellent athlete who is really going to develop as a baseball player once he focuses on one sport.”

A pre-season All-American, Taylor landed on the Oregon 6A All-State First Team in 2011 after garnering second team all-state honors as a sophomore. He was named the Three Rivers League Player of the Year following his junior campaign and he is a two-time selection to the all-league first team. He hit .443 overall as a sophomore, .385 as a junior and he had five home runs during his first two years on varsity. He also combined for nine triples during his sophomore and junior seasons, 12 doubles, 52 RBI’s and 53 runs scored. Taylor, who is 6-foot-2 and earned all-league honors as a linebacker, has also stolen 13 bases.